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Pyrite | Level 9

Running macro with huge loops, and like to print out the end time of each loop in format, such as hhmmss[or with millisecond].

Need this to tell time cost for each loop. 

 

Simply  %put "%sysfunc(time())"; does print out time info, but without format, hard to tell. 

44497    %put "%sysfunc(time())";
"84736.9679999351"
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Tom
Super User Tom
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So why just add a FORMAT to the %SYSFUNC() call?

%put %sysfunc(time(),time12.3);

Or perhaps better use DATETIME() function so you can track jobs that cross midnight.

%put %sysfunc(datetime(),datetime24.3);

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

Assign whatever date/time format you want, like this:

 

 %put %sysfunc(datetime(),datetime19.);
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Paige Miller
Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

So why just add a FORMAT to the %SYSFUNC() call?

%put %sysfunc(time(),time12.3);

Or perhaps better use DATETIME() function so you can track jobs that cross midnight.

%put %sysfunc(datetime(),datetime24.3);

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